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A few years back when I used to be big on finding out about the origins of Indo-European people/community, I had learned about the gypsies tracing their roots back to India. Yesterday I stumbled upon the history of Romani people who are a part of the gypsy tribe and have lived in Europe for centuries not really knowing their place of origin. It will be surprising to a lot of readers that the Romani people have been genetically proven to be a race of the North-Middle-Indian territory but have lived across Europe for at least a 1000 years. The language they speak is very closely related to Hindustani or the Hindi language of India which is another startling fact.

What probably remains a big mystery is how did the Romanis or the Gypsys get to Europe from India? What made them forget the land they came from and what made them never make an effort to go back. It is a mystery even the Romani people may not know the answer to. Someday their history and their historic connection to India will be lost in the annals of time and it is unlikely if anyone will be interested in finding out the real reasons.

Do the Romani people consider themselves Indians and would they ever want to come back to India? Hmm interesting question and only a Romani connected to the roots can answer…